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Mon, 08/08/2011 - 14:15
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Brazilian Lazaroni is Qatar's New Football Coach


Doha, August 08 (QNA) - Qatar Football Association (QFA) appointed Brazilian Sebastiao Lazaroni as the new coach of its national football team, Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) announced Tuesday.
The Brazilian replaces Qatar's Serbian coach Milovan Ravavec whose four-month stint was mutually ended after the national's team's setback in the group stage of the Asian Zone World Cup qualifying round, particularly the loss to Vietnam in the return leg of the preliminary tie, the QOC website said
QFA President Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani announced Lazaroni's appointment. QFA finalised the details of the contract on Sunday, the QOC said.
Lazaroni, who has managed Qatar Sports Club for past three years, is known for introducing the libero position in Brazilian football. He used the 3-5-2 scheme during the 1990 FIFA World Cup, but it was a failure, and Brazil was eliminated in the second round by Argentina.
As the head coach of Brazil he won 21, drew seven and lost seven from 35 matches.
Earlier he was the manager of Fenerbahce that ended the 40-year undefeated European home record of Manchester United in the Champions' League match in 1996. He was named as Qatar's coach of the year in 2009.
The QFA chief thanked Milovan for his time in Qatar, "We thank him for his efforts. But we feel this is a time to move on so we mutually agreed to end the contract," the QOC report said quoting Sheikh Hamad.

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